Greeks backlash at British tourists: Corfu locals urge for crackdown on holidaymakers
CORFU locals are demanding a crackdown against British holidaymakers who they say are turning the Greek island into a “dirty paradise”.
Corfu has been ruined by young travellers who drink heavily
The holiday hotspot has been ruined, they say, by young travellers who drink heavily and take nitrous oxide in the party destination of Kavos.
Vagelis Aspiotis, president of the Kavos Cultural Association, said “It is not a normal holiday.
“These kids just stare at the internet on their phones, use balloons and get drunk. We feel embarrassed for our town.
Greek police have launched a crackdown on Kavos
The tourists have changed. We love the older British people, because they are the best tourists
“The tourists have changed. We love the older British people, because they are the best tourists.
“But they read about Kavos on the internet and think it is not for them. The owners of the bars don’t think about these people. They just want kids.
“The young people don’t spend money in the day because they sleep until the afternoon after drinking all night. And they don’t eat in restaurants — they just buy a kebab.”
Greek police have launched a crackdown in the holiday islands after an American tourist was killed in Zakynthos earlier this summer.
But the people of Corfu want something urgent done about Kavos.
Local Yannis Kantas told the Daily Mail: “You can get anything in Kavos, if you ask. The big problem, though, is drink.
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“Kavos has changed from the paradise it was when I was a child into a dirty paradise — dirty streets, dirty beach.”
Anger in Corfu follows a backlash against tourists throughout Spain.
The people of Corfu want something urgent done about Kavos
The latest shocking scenes show beach chairs hacked with knives in the Canary Islands.
The attacks prompted Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy to say: “I never thought I would have to defend tourism, this is unbelievable.”